Into the garden.....

So this past weekend the garden was tackled... We planted tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins, peas, zucchini, peppers, eggplant, beets, carrots, & radishes...

+ My veggies ready to plant

+ Pumpkins for cooking & carving

+ Snow Peas & our up-cycled trellis

Now we shall see how everything grows & I am very much looking forward to harvesting some home grown veggies. I tried to get different types of of heirloom varietals so that we don't have to much of 1 type of veggie. I really hope that I get enough cucumbers to pickle! I pickled what I got last year in my CSA box & we are now on our last jar.

The nursery that I went to (Summer Winds) has a nice selection of organic & heirloom veggies.. but they also had these adorable mini fairy gardens set up... I am thinking that I will need to create something like this very soon!!

+ Bonsai Bowl @ Summer Winds

+ Fairy Garden @ Summer Winds

A new place to call home...............

Just a couple months ago the Mr. & I bought our very first home.. well actually it is a duplex where we moved into 1/2 and are renting out the other. We sacrificed on house space so that we could be nearer to downtown and the local commuter train (caltrain)...

The moving announcements I sent out... Temporarily without a computer to design any myself  I found these adorable downloadable announcements at the esty shop: PerpetualLoveDesign  & got them custom printed.

One of the greatest things about owning our own home is that I finally get to have a yard & a garden! I have been dreaming of years about growing my own veggies & have never been able to before. In our last apartment I tired so hard on the balcony but it was so shaded I could never get any vegetables to grow... my very sad urban garden only ever produced 1 teeny tiny itty bitty tomato & some lettuce. 



The cactus garden in our yard after some heavy weeding & the addition of all my succulents from the pots that were on our old balcony...

Garden pictures are sure to follow......